Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 20 May 1996 13:40:15 +0200 | From | "Povl H. Pedersen" <> | Subject | Re: Macintosh kernel out |
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At 12:04 +0200 20/05/96, David S. Miller wrote: > From: "Povl H. Pedersen" <pope@edunet.dk> > > Some people suggested that instead of rolling this into the kernel, they > would wait until a non-Mach version was available. I do NOT think so. In my > opinion, it should be included in the kernel tree as soon as it is declared > >No microkernel bloatage in the mainline sources thank you... Anyone >who thinks a mach port type deal of Linux should end up in Linus's >tree "needs to have their head examined".
Why shouldn't it end up in the source tree ? It has nothing to do with bloating the kernel. Au contraire. A Mach port removes stuff from the kernel (and puts it in microkernel).
And generally, a Mach version would make it easier to get an initial port of Linux running on more platforms.
>Besides a real native port would be much faster. ;)
Not much I guess. You can simplify lots of the driver functionality I think, so that you can reduce most of the overhead to the overhead of function calls.
According to OSF, it was not much slower than the direct one on a x86 PC.
And, I have kind of bought the idea of the microkernel / VM.
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